Becoming HeadStrong

In the newest episode of the Becoming HeadStrong Podcast, Dr. Nick interviews Ashley Samson, a professor from the University of Kentucky. Dr. Samson teaches courses in Sport Psychology and Sport Sociology and has also worked as a consultant herself with individual athletes and teams. Join Dr. Nick and Dr. Samson as they talk about the inner workings of sport psychology, the approach to working with athletes, and more!

In the newest episode of Becoming HeadStrong, Coach Kristina is here to talk about boundaries. Specifically, how do we push those boundaries as we start the new year? As we go through the year and the motivation and discpline start to fade, how do we push through it? IT starts now with embracing the change upfront and preparing for the challenges that will arise. Listen along with Coach Kristina as she guides us through getting started and staying on track with the simple letters, ABCD, in mind.

In the newest episode of the Becoming HeadStrong Podcast, Dr. Nicole Detling continues her series on Clarifying the Cliche. Countless cliches are used in sport, but what do they actually mean? What does it mean to "Trust the Process?" What about making stress work for you? What does it mean to eat an elephant one bite at a time? Listen in with Dr. Nicole to find out the real use behind these cliches.

In the newest episode of the Becoming HeadStrong Podcast, Coach Becky is here to chat with us about enjoying the journey. When you are trying to achieve a new skill, improve on a current one, or work towards a goal, it is important to enjoy the journey and the process to get there. Using her own personal anecdotes, Becky guides us through an experience in showing toughness, grit, and overcoming adversity that shows the importance of the journey. Listen along with Becky as we all seek to create a positive journey through sport and personal growth for athletes.

In the newest episode of the Becoming HeadStrong Podcast, Coach Stephanie returns with her newest episode on communicating with coaches. This episode specifically targets "pain points" where the athlete is unhappy with situations involving their coaches around playing time, promotion, etc. These issues can be tough to address with those that are higher on the totem pole such as coaches, bosses, captains, and more. Coach Stephanie guides us on how to have these conversations and different things we want to focus on while we have them. 

In the newest episode of the Becoming HeadStrong Podcast, Coach Josh is here to build off a concept shared by Amanda a few weeks ago called psychological safety. At heart, this concept means that every member of a team is comfortable enough to have a voice, be themselves, and share feelings and opinions openly without judgement. As a leader, how can we contribute to developing this? How can we create enough respect and care between leaders and followers where psychological safety can take place? Tune in for some of those first steps in devleoping the awareness to become a stronger leader in whatever your role is.

In the newest episode of Becoming HeadStrong, Coach Hillary is here to talk about injury rehabilitation. When we are struggling to find motivation or the extra push to go to injury rehab, how do we find that will to go? Hillary uses her own recent back surgery to help talk through this.

In the newest episode of Becoming HeadStrong, Coach Chelsea talks to us about wearing the expensive perfume. What Chelsea means by this is that we do not need to always wait. Don't wait to tell others how much you appreciate them. Don't wait to wear the outfit you've been saving for months and months. We don't always need to wait because we don't know if we will get the chance to make due on our waiting. This is impactful when dealing with loss because we can have regrets if we lose someone due to not sharing our thoughts and feelings with them. Life is short. Don't wait. Do what makes you happy.

In the newest episode of the Becoming HeadStrong Podcast, Amanda talks to us about psychological safety. This is an incredibly important part of organizations, teams, families, and other groups. Psychological safety is the comfort level of those within a group to speak up, to fail, to live in your role, and just be mentally comfortable. Listen along with Amanda as she explains what this is, why is it so important, and how we can implement it.

In the newest episode of Becoming HeadStrong, Coach Josh is here to talk about emotions. Specifically, why we want to feel our emotions. This includes the good AND the bad. As much as we can sometimes try to avoid the negative feelings that come with day to day life such as sadness, anger, and jealousy, we have to learn to be comfortable living with these emotions as well to properly respond to them. Listen along with Josh as he talks about why we need to accept these feelings in order to respond to them and what that can look like!